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BJ Turner (Wturner)
| | Posted on Friday, May 03, 2002 - 02:48 pm: | 
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I recently posted asking for diagrams of my rear door ('97 Disco). Well I figured out what was wrong.
The door would not open unless I inserted and turned the key all the way to the left, held it and pulled the handle at the same time. I ripped it apart, drove to the dealer and pretended I was going to buy a brand new latch, so they would show me a new one and I compared it to mine just to see what was broke.
I found that a little 90 degree circular spring had rusted away, the springs job is to hold the lock/unlock lever in place which ever position it was in. Of course the dealer wanted to replace the whole thing for about $140. I looked to my McMaster-Carr catalog (404-346-7000 www.mcmaster.com) to see if I could find a similar spring. The closest thing I think I could find is their pn# 9287K13 on page 3311 (catalog 107).
I haven't got the spring in the mail yet, but I am sure it will work and it is a nice $3.42 solution to a $140 Land Rover problem.
Just in case you are having the same problem. |
BJ Turner (Wturner)
| | Posted on Friday, May 03, 2002 - 02:50 pm: |
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Here is what it looks like
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